Photos: Junior Achievement Discover Center of the CSRA opens to local students

People tour the new Junior Achievement Discovery Center of the CSRA on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. Students of Richmond and Columbia County public schools will use the center for lessons in investing, spending, and more.

People tour the new Junior Achievement Discovery Center of the CSRA on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. Students of Richmond and Columbia County public schools will use the center for lessons in investing, spending, and more.

People tour the new Junior Achievement Discovery Center of the CSRA on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. Students of Richmond and Columbia County public schools will use the center for lessons in investing, spending, and more.

Augusta Mayor Garnett Johnson (left) speaks with people at the ribbon cutting for the new Junior Achievement Discovery Center of the CSRA on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. Students of Richmond and Columbia County public schools will use the center for lessons in investing, spending, and more.

Director of Development for JA Georgia Ashley Whitaker speaks at the ribbon cutting for the new Junior Achievement Discovery Center of the CSRA on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. Students of Richmond and Columbia County public schools will use the center for lessons in investing, spending, and more.

People listen at the ribbon cutting for the new Junior Achievement Discovery Center of the CSRA on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. Students of Richmond and Columbia County public schools will use the center for lessons in investing, spending, and more.

Richmond County Superintendent Dr. Kenneth Bradshaw (left) and President of the Richmond County Board of Education Charlie Walker (right) speak at the ribbon cutting for the new Junior Achievement Discovery Center of the CSRA on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. Students of Richmond and Columbia County public schools will use the center for lessons in investing, spending, and more.

Director of Development for JA Georgia Ashley Whitaker speaks at the ribbon cutting for the new Junior Achievement Discovery Center of the CSRA on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. Students of Richmond and Columbia County public schools will use the center for lessons in investing, spending, and more.

President and CEO of JA of Georgia John Hancock speaks at the ribbon cutting for the new Junior Achievement Discovery Center of the CSRA on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. Students of Richmond and Columbia County public schools will use the center for lessons in investing, spending, and more.

Columbia County Board of Education Chairman David Dekle listens as President of the Richmond County Board of Education Charlie Walker speaks at the ribbon cutting for the new Junior Achievement Discovery Center of the CSRA on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. Students of Richmond and Columbia County public schools will use the center for lessons in investing, spending, and more.

Richmond County Superintendent Dr. Kenneth Bradshaw speaks at the ribbon cutting for the new Junior Achievement Discovery Center of the CSRA on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. Students of Richmond and Columbia County public schools will use the center for lessons in investing, spending, and more.

Greenbrier Middle School student Derrick Burton stands at the microphone at the ribbon cutting for the new Junior Achievement Discovery Center of the CSRA on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. Students of Richmond and Columbia County public schools will use the center for lessons in investing, spending, and more.

Belair K-8 student Hailey Meyer answers questions at the ribbon cutting for the new Junior Achievement Discovery Center of the CSRA on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. Students of Richmond and Columbia County public schools will use the center for lessons in investing, spending, and more.

Richmond County Superintendent Dr. Kenneth Bradshaw (left) and Columbia County Superintendent Dr. Steven Flynt (right) cut the ribbon for the new Junior Achievement Discovery Center of the CSRA on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. Students of Richmond and Columbia County public schools will use the center for lessons in investing, spending, and more.

Richmond County Superintendent Dr. Kenneth Bradshaw (left) and Columbia County Superintendent Dr. Steven Flynt (right) cut the ribbon for the new Junior Achievement Discovery Center of the CSRA on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. Students of Richmond and Columbia County public schools will use the center for lessons in investing, spending, and more.

[From left] President of the Richmond County Board of Education Charlie Walker, Richmond County Superintendent Dr. Kenneth Bradshaw, Columbia County Superintendent Dr. Steven Flynt, and Columbia County Board of Education Chairman David Dekle cut the ribbon for the new Junior Achievement Discovery Center of the CSRA on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024.